Their Eyes Were Watching God

Why does Tea Cake want to stay on the muck?

• a.  He does not want to leave Janie.

• b.  He does not like moving around.

• c.  He is not afraid of hurricanes.

• d.  He does not want to lose a day of work.

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What did Janie do with Tea Cake the first day they met?

• they went fishing

• they went dancing

• they played checkers

• they got married

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What does Janie do after Joe's death?

• Gives an elaborate funeral for him, dresses appropriately, and then burns her headrags.

• Leaves Eatonville and vows never to return.

• Tells the entire town how brutal he was.

• Builds a monument to him to recognize his contributions to Eatonville.

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What does the Horizon mean for Janie?

• All the possibles that life has to offer.

• That time is running short and she needs to be happy.

• Love is only available to a certain few.

What two things does Janie tell Phoeby at the end?

• A person's got to go to God, and got to find out about living for themselves.

• Shopping and good chips and salsa cure any aliment.

• Marriage won't make you fall in love with someone, but love must come first

• Hope and the horizon are always with us.

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In Chapter 1 of Their Eyes Were Watching God, the women of Eatonville gossip about Janie because _____

• she gets pregnant before getting married

• she has returned to town after running off with a younger man

• she is cheating on her husband, Joe Starks

• she has gone bankrupt

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When Nanny says "[y]ou don't even know where harm is at", what does this show about Janie's character?

• She is worldly.

• She is ignorant.

• Nothing. It shows that Nanny is close to death.

• She is naive.

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In Chapter 3 of Their Eyes Were Watching God, Janie goes to visit her grandmother after she marries Logan because _____.

• Logan is beating her

• she wants to tell her grandmother she is pregnant

• her grandmother is sick

• she is disappointed that she doesn't love Logan

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What does Joe make Janie do with her hair?

• Cut it

• Nothing

• Tie it up

• Color it

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In Chapter 5, when the crowd asked Janie to speak, Joe refused and told them that Janie's "place" was where?

• By her man's side

• In the kitchen

• In the shop

• In the home

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